| Condition where the backing shows through sparsely spaced pile tufts; carpets may be grinned (bent back) deliberately to reveal the carpet construction.
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| see Hegeman Grind Gauge.
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| see Electric Grinder.
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| An abrasive obtained from slag and other materials.
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| Plastic, metal or rubber doughnut-shaped protector which lines holes where wires or tubing pass through wiring boxes or panels.
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| A weld made in the groove between two members to be joined; the standard types of groove welds are. Square, Single-Vee, Single-Bevel, Single-U, Single-J, Double-Vee, Double-Bevel, Double-U, and Double-J.
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| 1. The opening provided for a groove weld. 2. See Dado. 3. See Housing. 4. See Tongue and Groove.
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| The total building area, without dctions, expressed in square feet.
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| Area measured by overall dimension, including voids as area.
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| Errors that are easily detected as they are large in proportion to the context in which they arise.
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| The total income produced by a real estate investment, without dction for loan repayment or expenses.
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| The total area of a building that is leasable to tenants; the gross building area less the unrentable areas.
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| A rule-of-thumb method of appraising the value of income property by multiplying the gross annual income by a multiplier; this is an unreliable method, used primarily on residential property.
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| The excess of net sales over the cost of goods sold.
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| 1. An overall total exclusive of dctions. 2. A quantity of 12 dozen; 144.
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| Acceleration of the ground due to earthquake forces.
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| In the main electrical service panel, where the neutral service wire attaches and is linked to the earth by the ground wire.
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| In painting, the coating material which is applied before the graining colors or glazing coat.
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| Heat exchanger buried in the ground; may be used either as an evaporator or as a condenser.
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| The background color against which the top colors create the pattern or figure in the design.
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| Low lying planting materials that cover the ground, such as grass and ivy. 2. See Soil Cover.
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| The distance which ground moves from its original position during an earthquake.
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| A situation in which the ground does not hold together such as during a landslide, mud flow, or liquefaction.
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| supplies power, as any receptacle does, but also monitors the amount of incoming and outgoing current; whenever the entering current does not equal the leaving current, indicating current leakage, the GFCI instantly opens the circuit. A faster overcurrent protection device than either a fuse or circuit breaker.
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| A water hydrant for the use in fighting fires, installed in the ground.
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| A lease of the land.
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| A general term; includes all aspects of motion. acceleration, velocity, displacement.
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| Wallpaper coated with an overall background color.
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| Rent consideration under a ground lease.
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| A rod acting as a connecting body between electrical equipment and the ground.
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